Display kerchief



June 1927' A. CAMPBELL DISPLAY KERCHIEF Filed Sept. 22. 1924 Til/ll 100] flu/6111 0);

Patented June ,7, 1927.

UNITED STATES LAWRENCE A. CAMPBELL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

DISPLAY KERCHIEF.

Application filed September 22, 1924. Serial No. 739,089.

The resent invention relates to wearing appare, and particularly tokerchiefs designed to be worn in display position, and aims to provide avery simple and inexpensive article of this character adapted to fulfillall the requirements of a neat and attractive display kerchief, and yetbe so economical to produce as to allow of its use as an advertisingnovelty.

Accordin ly, I have devised a display kerchief of this type whichcomprises a flexible kerchief portion, and also a comparatively stifferportion for fitting inside the pocket of a waist or coat, whereby theflexible or kerchief portion is supported in slightly projectingrelation to the mouth of the pocket for display purposes.

In its preferred form, the invention comprises a fabric display kerchiefportion, combined with a relatively stiff supporting member for fittinginside the pocket, in supported relation to the bottom of the pocket,and so attached to the kerchief portion as to maintain the latter inneatly folded condition, as well as in slightly projecting relation soas to expose the upper fringe of the kerchief in display positionoutside the pocket.

With the foregoing general object in view, the invention will now bedescribed by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating one formof embodiment of my improvement, after which those features deemed to benovel will be particularly set forth and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating theinvention associated with the exterior breast pocket of a coat;

Figures 2 and 3 are front and rear face views, respectively, showing thenovel kerchief device, on a larger scale; and

Fi re 4 is a section taken on the line IV- V of Figure 2.

For some time it has been the vogue to wear, simply for displaypurposes, a neatly folded kerchief in the exterior breast pocket of sackor business coats, the body of the kerchief bein tucked ,almostcompletely within the poo et, leaving only small corner portions of thekerchief visible at the mouth of the pocket. To use an entire and fullsized kerchief for this purpose tends to pad and bulge the area of thepocket some- I what, besides which it is a needless appropriation of anentire handkerchief where the object is to display only a small portionthereof and nothing more. In fact, it has been proposed to make use of,as an advertismg novelty, a piece of cardboard or other comparativelystiff material, cut and decorated in simulation of a kerchief, and toinsert this in the pocket in lieu of a fabric kerchief, leaving exposedthat part of the novelty which represents the display portion of thekerchief. To a certain extent this answers the requirement of a displaykerchief device, particularly where used only as an advertising novelty,but its only recommendation is its cheapness, which is carried to suchan extreme as to destroy its appeal to the more fastidious who prefer anarticle of finer quality and more completely simulating the actualfabric handkerchief.

In the present case, as illustrated by the drawing, I make use of adisplay kerchief 5 made of as fine fabric material as may be desired,but. of only such size as is required to neatly fold the same asindicated at 6 so as to leave the projecting corners 7 which are toproject into view outside the breast pocket 8 of the coat 9 (Figure 1).Since it is not proposed to use a plece of fabric of the size of theusual masculine kerchief, in order to avoid the unnecessary padding ofthe pocket, Iemploy a supporting element which performs the doublefunction of maintaining the kerchief portion 5 in the neatly foldedcondition shown, and also properly supporting the kerchief 5 at the topof the pocket with the corners 7 projecting therefrom into displayposition. In the form of the invention illustrated, I show a cardboardmember 10 of such a size as to conform for the most part to the mainoutline of the interior of the pocket 8, with the lower edge of saidcardboard member supported upon the bot tom of the pocket. In order toform an attachment between this cardboard member 10 and the kerchiefmember 5, and at the same time maintain the latter in its neatly foldedcondition, I form slits 11 extending parallel across'the top portion ofthe cardboard member, as clearly illustrated in Figures 2 to 4, thusproviding a strap or loop 12 beneath which to tuck the folded lowerportion of member 5; and, in practice, the length of the slits 11 may beso chosen that the drawing of the lower portion of the folded kerchiefmember through the slits will be limited to just the required extent forleaving the outer corners 7 of the kerchief projecting to the properdistance outside the pocket, after the device has been inserted into thepocket, with 1 the lower endof the supporting member 10 resting againstthe bottom of the ocket.

I also prefer to secure the kerc ief member 5 further, to the cardboardor supporting member 10, by a short line of stitching 14along the strapor loop 12, thus reventing' an casual disconnection of the erchief fromt e cardboard as in the handling of a quantity of the same, or after thearticle has been placed in the pocket.

It will thus be apparent that I have provided a very simple, as well asinexpensive, and yet attractive device for fulfilling the desiredob'ects ofthe invention. That is to say, the evice, while it may be madeat very small cost, provides all that is necessary in a display articleof this character, the use of an entire and bulky handkerchief of theusual size being of course, altogether elimi nated. Since the improvedarticle can be produced so cheaply, it is also apparent that it can beemployed to good advantage as an advertising novelty, particularlyadapted for laundries and cleaning establishments, in the practice ofwhich the article can be inserted in the pocket as illustrated in Figure1, on being returned to the patron. In such use so of the device, thecardboard portion 10 may be neatly printed with a note of appreciationof the patrons business, as indicated at 15, or with any other preferredform of prined matter, as indicated at 16 in Figure While I haveillustrated and described what I now regard as the preferred mode ofpracticing the invention, I desire to reserve the right to make suchchanges and modifications as may fairly fall within the scope of theappended claim.

What I claim is:

A display kerchief for outside coat pockets comprislng a fabric kerchiefada ted to be folded inside the top of the poo et, a flat comparativelystiff supporting and holding member of such size that when the bottomthereof is resting upon the bottom of the pocket the kerchief is inproper display position, said supporting member having a pair of spacedparallel slits for holding the lower portion of the kerchief andmaintaining the kerchief in folded condition, and a row of stitchingintermediate said slits adapted to secure the kerchief to the materialof sald flat supporting member between said slits.

In witness whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

LAW ENCE A. CAMPBELL.

